, 1887-03-10


friend Howard Wilson has been
quite sick for day or two.
We hear no very complimentary
illusions to the president for his
lazy neglect to sign the annexation
bill.
c. w. Weber, one of Wardner's
prosperous business men, Is in the
city en- route home from trip to
Portland.
"Col." Hawkins Is hanging out at
Waitshurg where he frequently
electrifles the people by his "match-
less oratory."
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mines at Wardner are sending out
about two car loads of concentrated
ore every day,
Prof. Webb will give his club
dance on Wednesday night at
Wolverton's hall instead of at his
old place on Sprague street.
Read the new advertisement of
Traut 4 Chamberlin. They have
house full of new goods of the very
best quality and fastest styles.
Sixteen dozen ladies' real brilliant
Isle hose worth soc will be sold to-
morrow for 2Oc at F. III. Mason d
Co.'S great sale.
The Spokane & Palouse railroad
now has two crews of surveyors out
running the line towards the Lew
iston country, and will begin opera
tions at an early day.
The Standard Oil company ships
to Puget sound ports and British
Columbia about $4,000 gallons Of oil
every month, and their shipments
into eastern Washington are not
much less.
Complaint is made that the fire
bell is not hanging properly. Yes
terday morning 1t was quite while
after the alarm was first sounded on
the streets before the bell was rung,
owing to the trouble complained of.
This matter should be looked into.
The general manager OF the Puget
Sound Construction company has
rejected all bids for the grading,
bridging, etc., of the first five miles
of the Seattle, Lake Shore and east
ern railway, which will necessitate
another advertisement and more
bids.
e. Dempsie, of the firm of Sher-
wood Il Dempsie, returned from Il
business trip to Portland few days
ago, only to be driven to his room,
where he was kept for few days,
with very strong symtoms of
the prevailing fever. We are glad
to see that he is able to be out again.
The Boston store finds itself
cramped for room to accommodate
it's rapidly increasing business, and
the work of putting on an addition
of twenty feet to the east end will
be commenced tomorrow. Mr..
Hass has made legion of friends in
Spokane and has already secured n
very profitable trade.
Emigrants are already finding
their way into the Big Bend coun-
try, and before the season Is much
farther advanced that section will
attract general attention from home
seekers. 1t is destined soon to have
n dense population and only needs a
railroad from Spokane to make 1T the
best advertised part of Washington
territory.
Officer Fisher made Il valuable
haul last night. One OF our leading
firms closed their store at the eXpir-
alton of business hours and left Il
liberal supply of fine boots and shoes
hanging on the outside, where they
had been placed during the day to
attract customers. The ofiicerquiet-
ly gathered in the goods and claims
that he will not have to go barefoot
this summer.
y Harry Hayward had made ar
rangements to convert the Black
hawk building into an opera house:
The frame was very strong and
durable and could have been made
into asplendid opera hall with very
little expense. The fire changed all
his plans, however, and we are likely
to continue without an opera house
for months to come.
Warren Robbins, of Moscow, who
recently purchased the stage line
from Spokane Falls and Pennington,
met with an unfortunate experience
in the fire yesterday. He came in
from Pennington the night before,
on his first trip, driving a $500 coach
which he had just purchased for the
line. He drove to the BlackhawR
stables and his coach was entirely
destroyed by the fire. He barely
saved his team and harness.
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